Name Vitor Fernandes Role Footballer Playing position Height 1.73 m | Number 77 Weight 67 kg 1997–2005 Vitoria Guimaraes Date joined 2012 | |
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Full name Vitor Tiago de Freitas Fernandes Date of birth (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 29) Current team PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (#77 / Defender) | ||
Place of birth Sao Torcato, Portugal | ||
Vítor Tiago de Freitas Fernandes (born 11 February 1986), commonly known as Vitinha, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Bulgarian club PFC Cherno More Varna as a left back.
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He spent his entire professional career in Romania and Bulgaria, mainly at the service of Ludogorets in the latter case.
Club career
Born in São Torcato, Guimarães, Vitinha only played lower league football in his homeland. In January 2007 he signed with Romanian club CFR Cluj, and in the ensuing summer he started a series of loans in the latter country, representing in quick succession CS Otopeni (two spells), FC Unirea Alba Iulia and CS Concordia Chiajna; he appeared for all the teams in Liga I, scoring two goals in 44 combined games.
In the 2012 winter transfer window, Vitinha joined PFC Ludogorets Razgrad in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria). He made his competitive debut on 3 March, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 home win against PFC Beroe Stara Zagora.
Vitinha was second-choice left-back as the Eagles won five consecutive national championships starting in 2012, playing understudy mainly to veteran Yordan Minev. His maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League took place on 6 August 2013, as he played five minutes in a 1–0 away win over FK Partizan for the third qualifying round.
On 16 June 2017, Vitinha signed with PFC Cherno More Varna also in the Bulgarian top division. He made his debut on 11 August, in a 1–1 home draw against Slavia Sofia. Vitinha suffered achilles tendon rupture in the beginning of the second half and was expected to be sidelined for 6 months.